Tracking increased storm chances, continued heat, and Ernesto in your New Orleans weather forecast
Scattered storms will become likelier over the next 3 days and could bring a little relief to the heat
Scattered storms will become likelier over the next 3 days and could bring a little relief to the heat
Scattered storms will become likelier over the next 3 days and could bring a little relief to the heat
Tracking increased storm activity, continued heat, and tracking Hurricane Ernesto in your New Orleans weather forecast.
For a closer look at Hurricane Ernesto, click here.
LOCAL FORECAST:
A heat dome is still centered just west of us keeping us dangerously hot with continued heat advisories that will keep us under WDSU First Warning Weather Impact Days.
Nighttime and morning temperatures are still very steamy.
Rain chances are expected to rise over the next few days with the combination of high theat and increased atmospheric humidity.
High temps should still top out from 95-99 before storms erupt and that should mean another Heat Advisory and Weather Impact Day.
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Scattered storms are likely on Friday too.
However, the heat should continue with more expected heat alerts and weather impact days.
A front nearing Saturday evening could bring a line of storms to give all of Southeast Louisiana its likeliest, widespread chance of rain in weeks.
If this line of storms happens, that could drop our humidity just enough to bring us below heat advisory criteria.
However, and relief will be short lived as more heat is expected to return next week.
TROPICS:
The latest on the tropics is now Hurricane Ernesto. The storm became a category 1 hurricane Wednesday morning and is forecast to become a major category 3 storm before tracking just west of Bermuda by the weekend.
Hurricane Ernestso will not directly affect the Continental U.S. and will have no impact ono Louisiana.
Here's a look at the next seven days. Look for our likeliest rain chances in some time over the next three days, but a return to hotter days with lower rain chances by next week.
Over half way through the week already, just two more to go! Be safe, stay cool, and have a good night!
- Devon